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Illustrations 1. Physiography of Middle America (map) 18 2. Gran Chichimeca (map) 23 3. Sonoran Desert (map) 24 4. The Americas on the Eve of Conquest (map) 28 5. The Mexican Countryside 42 6. Mexico, 1821–1836 (map) 69 7. U.S. Invasion, 1846–1848 (map) 80 8. U.S. Expansionism, 1845–1853 (map) 84 9. Major Mexican and U.S. Rail Lines, Early 1900s (map) 101 10. U.S. Punitive Expeditions into Mexico (map) 125 11. Comparative Growth of Mexican and U.S. Economies, 1900–1965 131 12. Editorial cartoon by Tom Toles, Buffalo News 176 13. Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait on the Borderline between Mexico and the United States 187 This page intentionally left blank ...

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